Inside Royal Mint Soho 1782: From Metal Blanks to Steam-Powered Coin Press (Full Process)

Описание: Inside Royal Mint Soho 1782: From Metal Blanks to Steam-Powered Coin Press (Full Process)

Step inside Matthew Boulton's secret Soho Mint in Birmingham — the world's first steam-powered coin factory. In the 1780s, two-thirds of Britain's copper coins were counterfeit. The Royal Mint had stopped producing small change. Workers were paid in debased metal. Shopkeepers accepted coins they knew were fake.

One man decided to fix it all.

Matthew Boulton, already the owner of the largest industrial complex in the world, partnered with James Watt to build something unprecedented: a hidden mint behind his private gardens, powered entirely by steam engines and atmospheric pressure. Where traditional mints needed four strong men per press, Boulton's machines needed only a boy.

In this video, we follow the complete manufacturing process — from raw copper ingots to perfectly struck coins — rolling mills, blanking presses, precision calipers, vacuum-driven coining presses, and the revolutionary raised-edge collar that made counterfeiting nearly impossible.

Over 600 million coins were struck at the Soho Mint. Every modern coin on Earth descends from what happened here.

📜 Based on historical factory records, Boulton & Watt archives, and engineering documentation from 1786–1850.

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Authentic manufacturing processes of the Industrial Revolution (1760–1840). No speculation — only real stories from factory floors.

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